Dordrecht is with 119,342 inhabitants (1 August 2020, source: CBS) the fifth municipality of the Dutch province of South Holland. Dordrecht is part of the metropolitan conurbation of Drechtsteden which has approximately 280,000 inhabitants. The city lies at the place where the Merwede splits into the Noord and Oude Maas. The municipality of Dordrecht encompasses the entire island of Dordrecht. The inhabitants of Dordrecht often call their city Dordt. Dordrecht has four police stations, two fire stations, a hospital (Albert Schweitzer Hospital) and a prison (Prison Dordrecht).
Dordrecht was first mentioned in a text from the twelfth century, when the city was still referred to as Thuredrech, and was granted city rights in 1220. In the Middle Ages, the city developed as an important trading city and warehouse and was one of the six major cities of Holland. Later the importance of the city decreased, but the city centre still reminds us of this rich past.
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